LAST SUNDAY, 9th June, Councillor Humayun Kabir marked his election as Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon at his Inaugural Dinner at The Hilton Hotel, Purley Way. The Mayor was joined by many distinguished guests, including the Rt ...

HORRIFYING abuses of human rights have been committed by the Myanmar army, claims a new report from human rights campaign Amnesty International. These include summary killing, torture, arbitrary arrest – and a vendetta against an ethnic Buddhist guerrilla group. The ...

IF YOU THOUGHT the violence in Syria had ended – think again. It’s got so bad in Idlib that last Tuesday many mosques had to cancel Ramadan prayers – because buildings where crowds gather had were becoming targets. Over the ...

Backing local businesses and celebrating Croydon’s rich diversity are the priorities of the borough’s new Mayor who has been sworn in for his year of office. Councillor Humayun Kabir, who represents Bensham Manor Ward, has lived in the borough for ...

ONE MAN is dead, others have been injured and buildings, including shops and mosques, have been attacked or even burned to the ground as a wave of anti-Muslim violence has swept across Sri Lanka. The violence has come in response ...

A SWASTIKA was spray-painted onto the side of a building in Stour Road, Bow, E3. The vandalism occurred at around 11.30pm last Tuesday, 7th May. Police believe that three people were involved. They were all dressed in dark clothing. One ...

OVER 50 JADE MINERS, working in Kachin state, were reported killed today as mud engulfed their living quarters. The mud slide had been triggered by a major landslide. Jade mining is a largely unregulated industry: its activities often trigger landslides, ...

Emdad Rahman FOR THE FIRST EVENT of the 2019 season, Tough Mudder headed to North London for five kilometres of awesome obstacles and epic teamwork. Abdal and I decided to really go wild on Friday night by travelling over to ...

Emdad Rahman For the first event of the 2019 season Tough Mudder has headed to North London for 5 kilometres of awesome obstacles and epic teamwork. Abdal and I decided to really go wild on Friday night by travelling over ...

CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop Chrisp Street market could see up to 400 Muslims lose their prayer facility and be left with nowhere else to go. The problem centres on the building in Market Street which houses a Post Office (on ...